The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 20, 1982, Page 6, Image 6
..opinion!
Student partic
absent in new
When' the new attendance
requires students to attend 90 p
class meetings, was passed 1;
students participated in the S
Committee.
Student Government Vice I
Sheely said two appointments \
the appointed students did not i
mittee meeting. The new att
strongly affects students, yet r
inDut into the oolicv decision.
JL JL V
The Student-Faculty Relatic
serves as a communication lir
Faculty Senate and the Student S
is no communication link witho
ticipation.
Former Student Government
Boswell blamed a general
munication in SG appointments
There should have been no mixas
vitally important as the attenc
The two students who were
pointed to the committee sho
reliable students who could se
Yet they chose not to attend the n
Nothing was done to follow 1
mittee meetings. No one in Stud<
knew who was appointed, much ]
appointees attended the meeting*
There is no record of anyone 1
in any SG minutes. The Powei
sibilities Committee, which af
pointments, has no record of th
the Student-Faculty Relations Co
in iiiu&L uuiiimiLiees i
thirds of all voting members pre:
can make a decision on an issue
were at the meetings, it seems i
committee had enough members
The name Student-Faculty ]
mittee implies that students a]
mittee. If no students are on thi
loses its validity. The group
referred to as the Faculty Relatk
With about 26,000 students
finding two students to serve c
should not be that difficult. Per
vjuv eminent spent mure nine
appointments than on the SG p
plimentary football tickets, the
problem filling committee positi<
Believe it or not, there are sc
terested in working with Stude
They submit applications j
assignments, yet never hear am
it be acceptance or rejection.
If there are students willing
committees and want to do a gew
they be given that opportunit
students with no more respect f<
two supposed appointees to the
Relations Committee?
Sheely said there was no sysi
these appointments to see if th
attending meetings. A simple
could answer any questions. Ca
and ask them if they attended
the student says he didn't go
replace him. If he says he did g
happened.
Any student on a committee s\
to attend the general Senate r
prepared to make a report
business of the committee to >
appointed. Telephone calls ar
"system," but they do serve the
The new attendance policy
affected many students. For otli
an infringement on their rigl
themselves. It is hard to explaii
they had no voice in the matter.
A Student-Faculty Relatii
meeting should be called.Make s
appointed and are at that meetir
Taking a stand on a subject
tendance policy is necessary,
difficult to create a comprom
suited to everyone's needs. It w
people in the long run. <
ipation , A
w? I r *** m a v \ >v- %
(juiiuy ^
policy, which IEV fUCCD IVDf
ercent of their '
ast spring, no BOUNDTOW
Jtudent-Faculty J MtRESTRff
^resident 1 Mike
vere made, but
attend the com- ^ ^
endance policy
10 students had ~ ^
>ns Committee .
1_ I L i 1 _ _
ik oeiween me n , .
enate, but there
ut student par- - . ^
President John flL ~ nL"" " ~
lack of com- ??
for the mix-up.
-up on a subject
reportedly ap- ' |At*Arc
uia nave seen IVp
leetings. Trains have
up on the com- Editor.
snt Government Countless lines, no doubt, hav
less whether the penned about trains: the iron
5 of the west and the bane of n
. hurried motorist in the East
Oeing appointed many movies and mysteries
rs and Respon- been set in their dimly lit, i
jproves all ap- filled coaches? What is it al
ie appointees to train: this amiable behemoth,
immittPP so formidable> so arcan
mmiuee. anachronistic?
nust have twosent
before they We sit at a crossing as it se
5 If no students creeP? turtle-pace, along the I
"- ii i__ ii. _ -l _ certain it will soon ston and r
iniiKeiy mat ine direction. We wait at the depot
to vote. Amtrak rattles and screams
Relations Com- steamy halt, bells a-clanging, li
re on the com- a
it committee, it Cff Antllfn
should then be E> I I C v O W C
>ns Committee. By Gene Stephens
attending USC, A former student of mine,
MI o pommirron . .... - -
c* vvy.iiniii-i.vv borhood gathering: "Catching
'haps if Student not the answer to crime."
on committee Deputy Shutt, as head of t
(resident's com- Lexington County Sheriff's Dej
re would be no ffiSS^ISSSSS
mis. urvrrii cii/ir?f?ocr>iTi :? ? .
. TV 1 A II i3U V/V/EilMr fli ijl llllc
me students in- is no crime, no victim and no
nt Government. Crime Watch, he noted, has c
for committee percent in participating neighb
/ reply, whether 11 wa,s with some pride tha
r ^ J' concepts and theories concerr
had heard first in the classroo
to serve on SG Justice at the University of Sou
~ J ,.1 1 ,3 )i 1: !
ju juu, biiuuiuii t ^rniie prevenuon is an tciea v
ty, rather than Il'.s relatively simple in its fc
3r a job than the Pj ciPle> formulated more th
Student-Faculty citizens first must lear
crime ? they must become infc
tem to check on willing to join hands with thei
e students were defense through group surveill
fplpnhonp pall must become united.
ii The need for citizen action \
It. aPPp tees agajn jn April when I directed
the meetings. If in South Carolina. The results
to the meeting, 80 percent of South Caroliniai
50, find out what their personal safety and their
they were five years ago. It t
, ,, . . * that today's criminal is more
irtiiln ho romi?r?>H J
,v/ulu ^^ ago had risen almost 10 percen
meetings and be of 77.4 percent.
regarding the Asked what "precautions th
vhich they were the largest increase in the pi
p> not pvartlv a "keeping a gun for protec
e noi exacuy a respondents said they did.
purpose.
has drastically other citizens, howeve
lers, the policy is more constructive steps, sue
it to ripfirip for alarms and lights, and join
a to students that ESS
groups with the lowest "fear
MIS Committee residents, college graduates5lire
students are likely to be installing protects
jg taking other "special precaut
siioh as the at- joi"?n8 a crime watch.
bucn db uie au rwi) WARNINGS need to l>
Ir iwniilH nnr Ko . .... ...
*v "ww w gun tor protection is a .dubious
ise policy better The best you can hope will hf
ould please more know you have the gun and
this is seldom the case. All
*3i/utTN fjnyrn -vr
k v 1,
w " ^ ? 0.
'^v JH&Ss^&
^ mmUmstt
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personality, mystery t(
flashing, to spit Aunt Clara out onto whi
re been pavement, baggage and all. of
horses What is it about trains? The lum- con
iany a bering, rolling motion that rocks the the
How manliest of us into a gentle sleep. The the
i have clank-clanks and "shhhh" of V
smoke- screeching wheels that jar the the
bout a heaviest sleeners into nuestioninp eve
# T" O ^
mai is alertness as the conductor stops to Cai
e> so prod a tired "Bessy" off the tracks. ofv
V
What is it about trains that can y
ems to cause the grandest world traveler,
tracks, jet-setter, to double over in nauseous u t
everse delight? What is it about trains?
as the Is it the adjustable, padded chairs ro^
> to a and obstinate foot-rests or the
ghtsa- gravely-voiced porters and greasy,
crime prevention
Rick Shutt, told the neighthe
burglar after the fact is
he crime prevention unit of desirable consequences;
jartment, was extolling to the leads to a property cr
a "Crime Watch" to cut down frontation, with the gun o
s in the neighborhood. In addition, the presem
prevention, Shutt noted, there and/or tragedy-shooting
cost to the taxpayer. And the comes home unexpected!
..i i fri#?r?H in tho hoof rvf an ar
ui crime uy an average 01 bO ?,7
or hoods a child shoot himself or s<
t I listened to Rick echo the Second, realize that u
ling crime prevention that he excuse nor a justificat
ms in the College of Criminal veillance and action iro
ith Carolina. tivities and informing yc
vhose time has finally arrived, agencies immediately, n<
>rms and it works. The basic by yourself or with others
an a decade ago, is also sim- There are literallv hur
available to assist you
n what they can do to prevent property against crime. 1
>rmed; second, they must be do to reduce the cost anc
r neighbors to form a mutual local law enforcement
ance and group actions. They Programs in the South Cs
vas brought home to me once The author is an assoc
the annual Fear of Crime Poll Criminal Justice at USC
of the poll indicated that over
i? at c muic uunucniai auoui
personal property today than
ilso indicated that the feeling tfljCIM
violent than he was five years
t in the past year to a 1982 level f
R
oy were taking against crime," copy Desk chief david d
ISt year (Up 15 percent) Was News Editor JohnL
tion," which 51 percent of Asst. News Editor JeffD
Asst. News Editor. .. Forrest B
Ent. Editor John Vau
Asst. Ent. Editor Chris Hi
r, indicated they were taking sports Editor Tom <
h as installing special locks, I Asst. Sports Kditor. . Dennis Sv
ing with their neighbors in
Newsroom 77
tgs in the poll were that the I Business Office 77
of crime"-males, suburban The 0amecoch wtlcom<!,
Were also the persons most editorials must be typewritten,
ve devices in their homes and Letters should be no longer I
ions" against crime, such as I limited to one newsworthy sub
and guest editorials MUST b<
ft considftrftd First l(M>nin0 a number, mailing address, clc
i method of crime prevention" u"ac,c""'""c
. \ . request the circumstances wc
ippen is that the criminal will We reterve the rlght to edit gl
will stay away. Unfortunately, Address letters and columns
other possibilities have un- use, Columbia, sc. 2920s.
, . ik !
HKPf"4~
d jet-setters
ite-capped cooks? Or is it the odor
camphor and menthol from the
igested woman across the aisle and
fumes of oil and diesel fuel from
engines we remember the best?
yhat is it about trains that give
m personality? Their one roving
i piercing the pitch of a North
rolina night? Or their imposing call
velcome and warning?
Vhat is it about trains?
Ve hate to see them approach,,
'ering their gates before us. And we
e to see them leave, their red
ialongs, so final, waving a jaunty,
ling farewell.
Ernest L. Wiggins
Journalism graduate student
necessary
t editorial
pulling the gun on an intruder often
ime escalating to a violent conwner
usually being the loser.
le of the gun often leads to accidents
; the son or daughter or spouse who
iy, shooting the relative, neighbor or
gument, shooting yourself or having
omeone else accidentally.
inited citizen action is neither an v
'inn fnr viorilanticm Piti7on cur.
raw** V VltJBIS V/ * V * CiV * 1 0UK
yolve watching for suspicious ac>ur
neighbors and law enforcement
>t harassing or brutalizing a suspect
idreds of programs and techniques
in protecting yourself and your
ro find out more about what you can
1 heartbreak of crime, contact your
agency or the Division of Public
irolina Governor's Office.
iate professor in the College of
nccock? |
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